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We love you. God bless you. Watch it to the end and then share this message with somebody. It's going to change your life and hopefully many others. I believe that these latter Days are going to be the greatest days. And everything that we're experiencing, both corporately and individually, is creating the backdrop for one of the greatest series of waves of the power and glory of God unlike anything we've ever seen before. Are you hearing me? I sought the Lord. I dare not mount this sacred desk without seeking what thus saith the Lord. And the Lord gave me a word for us today, and we're going to ground it. In First Kings, chapter 18. I sought the Lord. I asked him, what's up? What are you doing? And what do my people need to know and understand? The tribe of Issachar had this characteristic of what all of us really should carry prophetically in the spirit as it relates to the resources that God has given to us. Not resources that leave us in the dark or ignorant. Paul said we're not ignorant to his devices, but spiritual resources that allow us to understand times and seasons and to know what we ought to do in the context of those times and seasons. And so when we pursue God, that's what we want to know. Sometimes we are distracted by our own issues. As if God forgot about you. He thought about you before the Lamb was slain, before the foundation of the world. All of your breakthrough and all of your need, all of your healing, all of your provision, all of your power, all of that was factored into the mind of God when he set up your redemption through Jesus. The Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. In other words, my stuff has already been figured out. And so to perpetually bombard heaven with low level prayers. I get it. I know it don't seem like a low level prayer when it's a big mountain in front of you. I get that. But if you can settle yourself in the recognition that God has already worked out what you're trying to figure out, then you can pray lofty prayers and get lofty answers. Are you hearing me? That's why Jesus said, seek first the kingdom and his righteousness and all other things will be added unto you. That directive was in the context of the human stuff that we worry about. He sets it up by saying, take no thought about what you're going to eat, or what you're going to drink, or what you're going to wear or what you're going to put on. He says, take no thought. Don't even take that thought because watch this. That word, it says be anxious, but it literally means take no thought. If you look up that word in the Greek, it means take, take no thought. So he's saying that if you are consumed and possessed and obsessed with being distracted by your stuff. You're taking a thought in that is now debilitating your mind, which is the gift that God has given to us to figure out what he's doing. I wish I could say that 10 times better. In other words, when I am settled in my confidence that God has already got my stuff worked out, now my mind begins to work for me and not against me. And I begin to imagine my victory and ultimately I can produce it. So I was praying. I said, God, what are you saying? And he said, tell them that this is a showdown season. A showdown season. We got a lot of reading to do, so let me go and get going before Hallelujah. I'm going to start in verse 19. I'm going to read all the way through. It's not an unfamiliar passage. We've, we know this passage. But I want, I want to allow it to frame our conversation today. Hallelujah. It says, now therefore send and gather. This is Elijah speaking to Ahab. Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel. The 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table, bring all of them. So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel. And Elijah came to all the people and said, how long will you falter between two opinions, two perspectives, two, two mentalities. Two, two paradigms are you tracking with me? How long are you going to be double minded? How long will you falter between two opinions? If, if the Lord is God, follow him. If he's God, follow him. But if baal, then follow him. Watch this. But the people answered him. Not a word. Look at how broken down they were. He puts it out there right in front of them. If the God of Israel is God, follow him. But if BAAL follow and they're stuck in indecision, they don't say anything. Verse 22. Then Elijah said to the people, I alone, Amen. Am left a prophet of the Lord. But baal's prophets are 450 men. In other words, I'm all by myself, but I ain't scared of them. Bring all of them to the showdown. Therefore let them give us two bulls. And let them choose one bull for themselves. Cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood. Put no fire under it. And I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood. But, but you put no fire under it. Then you call on the name of your Gods. And I will call on the name of the Lord and the God who answers by fire. He is God. So all the people answered and said, it is well spoken. You got yourself a deal. Now Elijah said to the prophets of baal, choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many. Call on the name of your God, little G. God, but put no fire under it. So they took the bowl which was given them, and they prepared it and called on the name of BAAL from morning even till noon, saying, oh, baal, hear us. But of course, there was no voice and no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made. And so it was at noon that Elijah, in the spirit of pettiness, that Elijah mocked them and said, cry aloud, for he is a God. Either he is meditating or he is busy, or he's on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and. And must be awakened. So they cried aloud, and they cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances until blood gushed out on them. And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice. No one answered. No one paid attention. Then Elijah said to all the people, now come near to me. You've been exposed to all this foolishness and all this unprofitable worship and struggle long enough, now come near to me. So all the people came near to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. And Elijah took 12 stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, israel shall be your name. Then with the stones, he built an altar in the name of the Lord. And he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood and said, fill four water pots with water and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood. Then he said, do it a second time. And they did it a second time. And then he said, do it a third time. And they did it a third time. So the water ran all around the altar and also filled the trench with water. Now, mind you, they are in a drought, they are in a famine. And we know that he was drenched in the wood because, you know, the. The false prophets had all kind of chicanery and various things they used to do. You know, they didn't have no real power, so they would try to. They had little tricks and shenanigans and so, of course, obviously Elijah is saying, you know, we're going to prove that this is going to happen not by chicanery, but I think it's also important to see how Elijah is moving, because they're in a famine, but they're in a drought, but he's operating as if there was not. Bring me a whole bunch of water. You, y' all might be in a famine, but, but I'm connected to something, to something greater. I, I, I don't move the way uncovenanted people move. You, you see famine, but, but I see a feast. You, you see a famine, but, but I see provision because, because I'm connected to the true and living God. Let me finish this here. And it came to fast, verse 36. And it came to fast, to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice that Elijah the prophet came near and said, lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel and I am your servant. And, and that I have done all these things at your word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me that these people may know that you are the Lord God and that you have turned their hearts back to you again. Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and they said, the Lord, he is God. The Lord, he is God. Hallelujah. And of course, revival breaks out in the the land. Father, we thank you for your word. It is a lamp unto our feet and a light into our path. God, may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight. God, I thank you for divine accuracy. I thank you for the spirit of wisdom and revelation and insight, knowledge, prophecy, and all of heaven's resources necessary to activate us through your living word to the effect that we're never the same again. That we would experience individual revival that will produce corporate revival in our homes, in our families, in our communities, and our workplace and in the world. And may you get all the glory in Jesus name, Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you. Please say something kind to somebody on your way down. I'm gonna, I'm gonna move through this as expeditiously as possible. When I consider the worship and the exhortation that has already come forth, I really sense that we're halfway there. At least let me begin. Fix my mic here. Let me begin by saying to you that I believe that we're on the precipice of a time of great exploits. The Bible talks about in Daniel, chapter 11 and verse 32, and it's speaking to the last days. And it ultimately says that those who know their God shall be strong and they shall do great exploits. And if you look at the phraseology where it talks about being strong and the great exploits, and you break it down to Hebrew, really the idea there is that they're going to be strong, but not just strong, but strong in a way that they have the capacity and the strength and the zeal to seize something. It's Kingdom language. It says literally to seize and to accomplish. So the prophecy is that in the last days, God's people, the ones who know their God, they're going to be strong enough to seize stuff and they're going to accomplish things. They're going to accomplish great exploits. And I don't care how young you are or how old you are or how in between you are, I'm tired telling you that there are still things that God has ordained for you to seize and to possess. There are still things that God has for you yet to accomplish. I cannot wait to unpack this thing. There are words that you have forgotten about that are still active and alive. And God's going to posture you and position you to get you right back into alignment so that you can possess. Watch this. So that you don't go down to the grave until you have possessed everything that's assigned to your life. Are you hearing the words that are coming out of my mouth? If you are still alive, it's because you are still possessing. You ain't possessed it all yet. You haven't claimed it all yet. If you. The moment that you claim it all, you can get on out. But if you're still here, that means that there's still more land for you to conquer. So. So we're on. We're on the precipice of this season. These times of great exploits. And some of you, when you hear that, there's a disconnect between your sense of identity and the identity of one that would do great exploits. And God's going to break that and he's going to shape that, because that is why you are alive. Ephesians 2:10. It says that we are God's workmanship created. Watch this in Jesus Christ. For good work works beforehand. In other words, before the world began, before God put you in your mother's womb, God had already worked you and formed you. You are his workmanship. And you are created for good works. You are created for exploits. Exploits ought to be your last name. When God gets finished with you and when he gets finished with your life, you are going to be a son or a daughter of great exploits. If you believe it, say, that's me. Great excellence. That's why you're still here. And so we're getting ready to see it. Powerful things. Now I'm going to be honest with you. That was the good news. This is somewhat of the challenging news. These great exploits are going to be done against the backdrop of desperate and dire circumstances. Jesus in Matthew chapter 24, he told us this. The whole Matthew chapter 24, when Jesus begins to talk about the last days and all the things that will take place. Watch this. And all that stuff that we don't like to read, we kind of skip over. All of that was done in the context of revival. How do you know? Because at the very end he says, yeah. And on the backdrop of that cray cray, the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached unto every nation and to all people. And listen, the Gospel of the Kingdom has never been preached without signs following. Oh, you listen. That's why Paul said in Romans 1:16, he says, I'm not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation. So the gospel, the communication of the gospel is the power of God and it releases grace. What is grace? Grace is divine in every enablement. It is not simply a message. It is a message that gives power to do things. There's ability in that message. That's why when Jesus came preaching, what happened? People got saved. But what else did they get? They got healed, they got delivered, they got set free. There was provision. So the Gospel of the Kingdom is loaded. That's why he says, seek it and all other things will be added unto you because all other things are in it. So I'm going to be honest with you. These great exploits that you're assigned to, and they're going to be wonderful things and they're going to be amazing things and they're going to be legacy and generation shifting things. But the backdrop gonna be dark. Oh, I feel the Holy Ghost. That's why the Bible says, where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more. So when you see cray cray, just know that there's a double portion of grace available in that season. I feel that right there. Don't get discouraged. Don't get down. Don't throw in the towel. Don't, don't give up. Where sin abounds, grace is abounding all the more. That means that there is an opportunity to pull on heaven, to pull some grace down in this season to break yokes unlike ever before. Can we talk a little bit? Season of great exploits on the backdrop of cray cray. This is why family. If you are in a season of looming uncertainty, a season of impossibilities, if there is a threat against you and you don't see any way out, I don't want to be insensitive to you. I'm empathetic towards you to a degree. But I'm going to tell you right now, you got to find a way to be of good cheer because your circumstances are creating the stage and the platform for God to do what he's going to do in your life. Some of you are in showdowns right now and you didn't choose the showdown. You didn't want to be in the showdown, but you're in the showdown because God is getting ready to show off. Are you tracking with me? If you track with me, just say I'm tracking with you. When I think about the moves of God in scripture, most of the moves of God in scripture began with the showdown. There was a showdown between Moses and Pharaoh. The deliverance didn't just happen. God didn't just deliver them one day. No, there's something about that showdown. Something about the showdown reveals the sovereignty and the power of God. Every once in a while, God wants the world to know. God wants you to know. God wants your enemies to know. God wants your circumstance to know. God wants your sickness to know. God wants your sense of lack to know that God is sovereign, God is the Lord. So every once in a while, every once in a while, you'll find yourself in a showdown. And you think that something bad is happening to you and ain't nothing bad happening to you. God is getting ready to make you an example. I feel the Holy Ghost in this place. He's gonna make you an example of his power. He's gonna make you a trophy of his glory. You wanna see a sign? God will make you a sign. Gotta walk this thing out.
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This. This particular showdown that we're talking about was not Elijah's showdown. It was God's showdown. God started it. Listen, Ahab was looking for Elijah, wanted to kill him. They had killed a lot of prophets during that time. Ahab and the children of Israel had gone so far off because they had a wicked leader, Ahab, who stopped following God. And then Jezebel, his wife was more wicked than him. So they were a two headed monster and they had corrupted the whole land. So much so that they didn't even want the prophetic. So they literally were trying to kill and wipe out all the prophets. And that's a whole other thing that you can read about. But why do I bring it up? I bring it up to say that if I was Elijah and I knew that the king was out to kill me, I wouldn't necessarily be running up over there trying to do something. If you read the Bible, God tells Elijah, hey, I need you to go and present yourself to Ahab. So God is the one mishavu who sets up this showdown. I want to walk this thing out properly because I got a notes but I feel the Holy Ghost. I got a lot of notes, but I feel a lot of God right now. And I feel like there's somebody in this room and you were in a showdown and you didn't sign yourself up for it. You just looked up and you were there. And there's a temptation for you to be afraid and there's a temptation for you to worry. And there's a temptation to forget that you're in covenant with God. But I hear God saying, stand, be still and know that I'm God. I'm getting ready to come through for you in a way unlike ever before. And I'm going to bring revival to you, to your family, to your city, to your industry street. If you are in a showdown, give God a roar of praise this morning. I want to describe. I want to describe what a showdown is. A showdown is best described as decisive confrontation between two opposing forces. Showdown. Often when Tension has been building, and both sides are compelled to face each other directly. It's not just the conflict. It's up there. It's the climatic moment where talk, maneuvering and posturing ends and the outcome must be determined through action. There comes a moment where you gotta face it. There comes a moment where you gotta step playing pat a cake with the devil. There comes a moment where you have to stop playing patty cake with your purpose. There comes a moment where you have to get serious about this thing and you gotta face it. Sometimes it's not something external. Sometimes it's something that is internal. And you have come to the end of your rope, and you have to have a showdown. And sometimes God will put you in the middle of a showdown. Now, this is important. Watch this. Because your season has become ripe. I feel the Holy Ghost, Bishop. Your season. Your. Your season has. Has ripened. And if you don't make a move now, you're gonna forfeit your future. You're gonna forfeit your inheritance, you're gonna forfeit your legacy. And God said, says, I gotta put you in the middle of a showdown. Just turn to your neighbor and say, you're right. You're right, you're right, you're right. You're right, you're right. You're right. That's why you're here. You're right. God understands times and seasons. And you're ripe because there are some things. Some things. Let me talk about this for a second. There's some things that your timeline will put you out of the timing for. There's something that God needs to do because it's connected to so many things. It's bigger than your comfort. It's bigger than your preference. It's bigger than your sense of readiness. Because God is managing the universe. He's managing past, present, and future. And he knows when things need to be, where they're supposed to be and how they are supposed to be. Are you trekking with me? He knows when something is fully ripe, and he knows when the earth needs revival. And the earth won't have revival until his people experience revival. Oh, God. So, so, so, so, so. So God will put you in a showdown to get you to be who you know you need to be, but you haven't been pressured enough to be it. I need to say that a little bit better. God puts you in a showdown to get you to seek God the way you know you've always needed to seek God, but you didn't have enough pressure to seek God in the way that you need to seek God. Are you hearing the words that are coming out of my mouth? God will send a showdown when you know you need to surrender in a way that you need to surrender. But. But you've been getting by with optional surrendering because all of your options were still there. It's what I call the curse of options. Options are a wonderful thing. We want to have options, but the only thing about options is options oftentimes keep us from being on our faith. And so what God will do is he will put you in a showdown and he will strip you of options to the point that he becomes your only option. I feel the Holy Ghost, he always was your only option. But you got a revelation that he is your only option and you start seeking differently, you start praying differently, you start moving differently. God says in this season I need to be your everything. I can't be your part time lover, not now cause you need me baby look around can't you see what's going on? You need me baby you need me you need me like ever before you need me you ain't never needed me like you need me right now and therefore and therefore and therefore and therefore and therefore I gotta put you in a showdown. I wish I had about a thousand people in this room online that would just begin to worship God like you need him. I need thee oh I need thee I need thee oh I need thee oh bless me now my savior. I it.
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SA showdowns require instruments of Demonstration they require instruments Demonstration. Bible says in Second Chronicles 16 and 9 that the eyes of the Lord go to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are perfect toward him and we find ourselves in the middle of a showdown. We thought it was a bad doctor's report, but it was really a showdown. We find ourselves in an Economic pinch. Economic pinch. But it's really a showdown. And so I want to land. I got a whole lot more, but I want to start landing because I feel God. But there's a few things I want to say. There's a reason why one of the most prolific and pronounced showdowns in all of Scripture happened through the instrument of Elijah. There's a reason, and I believe that reason is because God wants to draw our attention to Elijah, to look at his life so that we can stand in the showdown appropriately. Elijah has a very, very curious life. There is no backstory about his lineage. He just appear in First Corinthians 17. He just. Excuse me. In 1 Kings 17, he just appears. And he appears fully mature. We don't see his struggles. We don't see his development. We don't see any of that. He just appears. Authority. Straight up. Talking to Ahab, not with tribal authority, but divine authority. We don't see when he was called. He just steps up on the scene as someone who had been trained in private for years. Oh, God. And. And now he's being revealed. I want to look at his life just a little bit, and then we'll be all done. I want to look at his life a little bit. Because Elijah is our model. We don't know much about him. We know that he was from the land of Gilead. And Gilead was a rugged, mountainous place. It was east of Jordan, and it was home to wild terrain and strong people. And I just will throw this little caveat, little tidbit alongside of somebody who grew up on the rough side of the rough side. Sometimes your environment is training. You feel that. Don't despise your Gilead, because sometimes it's training you for your assignment before you even knew you had one. God is methodical and strategic, and every detail matters. Don't despise any part of your journey because you needed all of it to get to the moment that you're standing in. Now God's got his. His name. Elijah's name literally means God is your Yahweh. That's literally his name. Look at how powerful that is. That means that every time somebody said his name, they were declaring the message that he embodied. I love that. So. So. So God gave him a prophetic identity by giving him that name before he gave him a prophetic platform. This is important to you and this is important to all of us. Because when we get to a point where our name and our nature align with our assignment, we'll start moving in a different type of Power. Watch this. And we won't need external validation. I'm almost there. There's just some few things. There's a few things that I want to say. So Elijah. Elijah had authority without ancestry, authority without. I'm talking to people. And you love your family and you love your upbringing, but if you're honest, you haven't seen a whole lot that came from there. And sometimes if you don't see it right, you will disqualify yourself from great things because you've never seen it before. For. But sometimes God does something in that obscure place. God fill his thing. I've got to move along. So, so, so he has authority. And his authority came from heaven. The priests came from Levi, the prophets came from heaven. And so, and so, and so let me just get down to it. Here was the secret of Elijah's success. It's found in 1st Kings 17:1. It says, and Elijah, the tizbite of the inhabitants of Gilead said to Ahab, watch this very important. As the Lord God of Israel lives, these next four words make all the difference before whom I stand. Did you see it? He's getting ready. He's talking to Ahab. And he says, as the Lord God of Israel lives. And he could have not said those four words and went on to say, there shall not be dew nor rain these years. Said my word. But he says, I want you to understand something. The reason why I am so confident in what I am carrying is because I see stand, watch this. Even in this moment that I am standing in, I know. Oh, Ahab, you see me standing in front of you. But what has given me the boldness to stand in front of you is that at the very same time I'm standing in front of the Lord. He lived his life standing before the presence of the Lord. He practiced and perfected the presence of God. Are you tracking this? Made the word of God ever accessible to him. Oh, God. Let me give you two more thoughts and then can I come back next Sunday and finish it? Let me come back next Sunday and finish this. Let me wrap this up. I know, I know, I know, I know. I want to check on something, though. Come on, stand with me real quick. Come on, stand with me. I know. Just trust me. I want to do in prayer. I want to do in prayer. Father, you know that there's more word for your people. God, you are the one who imparts truth. Father, I pray right now, as we're standing in the middle of a showdown, that the spirit of Elijah will fall upon these your sons and daughters in a way that only you can and that you would just begin to move mightily in their minds and in their hearts. And in the name of Jesus, wherever the enemy may be lurking, in the name of Jesus we call on the God who is Yahweh. We call on Jehovah Jireh who is the God who provides. We call on Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals. We call on the God who is our victory and we pray God that he would move in this place and in every space and in every circumstance and in every situation. God, send your oil, send your anointing and may every yoke break in Jesus name. Listen, the Potter's house isn't just a place, it's a movement.
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Date: October 5, 2025
Host: The Potter’s House
Speaker: Touré Roberts
This episode, titled "It's Showdown Season," features a powerful sermon from Pastor Touré Roberts. Drawing from 1 Kings 18 and the story of Elijah, Pastor Touré encourages listeners to recognize and embrace the "showdown" seasons of life—those climactic moments when God positions His people to make decisive breakthroughs and display His power. The message intertwines biblical exposition, prophetic insight, and practical encouragement, urging believers to confront their greatest challenges with faith, boldness, and spiritual clarity.
[03:30 – 07:30]
“God said, tell them this is a showdown season. A showdown season.” – Touré Roberts [09:54]
[08:00 – 13:00]
“If you can settle yourself in the recognition that God has already worked out what you’re trying to figure out, then you can pray lofty prayers and get lofty answers.” – Touré Roberts [06:30]
[10:00 – 14:00]
“How long will you falter between two opinions?... If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” – [quoting Elijah; 1 Kings 18] [11:40]
[20:00 – 24:30]
“Some of you are in showdowns right now and you didn’t choose the showdown, but you’re in the showdown because God is getting ready to show off.” – Touré Roberts [23:30]
[13:40 – 16:15]
“These great exploits are going to be done against the backdrop of desperate and dire circumstances.... The Gospel of the Kingdom has never been preached without signs following.” – Touré Roberts [16:45]
[29:00 – 34:00]
“There comes a moment where you have to get serious about this thing and you gotta face it. Sometimes it’s not something external. Sometimes it’s something internal.” – Touré Roberts [30:55]
[39:00 – 48:00]
“When we get to a point where our name and our nature align with our assignment, we’ll start moving in a different type of power.” – Touré Roberts [44:35]
[46:00 – 48:30]
“He lived his life standing before the presence of the Lord. He practiced and perfected the presence of God.” – Touré Roberts [47:45]
[48:40 – 50:30]
“God, I thank you for divine accuracy...revelation...all of heaven’s resources necessary to activate us through your living word, to the effect that we’re never the same again.” – Touré Roberts [15:30]
On Praying Beyond Basic Needs:
“To perpetually bombard heaven with low-level prayers...I get it. But if you can settle yourself...then you can pray lofty prayers and get lofty answers.” – Touré Roberts [06:30]
On Facing Showdown Seasons:
“God’s going to posture you and position you to get right back into alignment so that you can possess...So that you don’t go down to the grave until you have possessed everything that’s assigned to your life.” – Touré Roberts [14:50]
On God’s Sovereignty in Dark Times:
“Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more. So when you see cray cray, just know that there’s a double portion of grace available in that season.” – Touré Roberts [18:00]
On Options and Faith:
“God puts you in a showdown to get you to seek God the way you know you’ve always needed to seek God, but you didn’t have enough pressure to seek God in the way that you need to seek God.” – Touré Roberts [33:50]
Roberts’ language is passionate, prophetic, and pastoral. He combines deep scriptural insight with practical exhortation, addressing listeners directly and encouraging bold, faith-filled responses. The sermon is rich with imagery (“showdown season”; “cray cray” for chaos), humor, asides, and spontaneous worshipful interludes, ensuring the content is not only theological but powerfully motivational and relatable.
"It’s Showdown Season" is an urgent, empowering call for listeners to confront the decisive moments in their lives with the same faith and boldness modeled by Elijah. Pastor Touré Roberts reassures believers that God is intentional about their seasons of crisis, using them as platforms for breakthrough and revival. The episode challenges individuals to abandon hesitation, cultivate God’s presence, and trust that every struggle is orchestrated by a loving, sovereign God intent on revealing His power, both in their lives and in the world.